1895 - 1972
Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre (Basque: [kɾisˈtoβal βalens̻iaɣa eis̻aɣire]; 21 January 1895 – 23 March 1972) was a Spanish fashion designer, and the founder of the Balenciaga clothing brand. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior and as "the only couturier in the truest sense of the word" by Coco Chanel, who continued, "The others are simply fashion designers". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cristóbal Balenciaga has received more than 2,117,814 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Cristóbal Balenciaga is the 10th most popular fashion designer (down from 9th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Spain (up from 201st in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Fashion Designer.
Cristóbal Balenciaga was a Spanish couturier and designer. He is most famous for his designs of the "little black dress" and the "bubble dress."
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Among fashion designers, Cristóbal Balenciaga ranks 10 out of 38. Before him are Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Calvin Klein, Vivienne Westwood, Ralph Lauren, and Tommy Hilfiger. After him are Donatella Versace, Thierry Mugler, Hubert de Givenchy, Maurizio Gucci, Kenzō Takada, and Elsa Schiaparelli.
1936 - 2008
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 4
1922 - 2020
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 5
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 6
1941 - 2022
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 7
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 9
1895 - 1972
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 11
1948 - 2022
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 12
1927 - 2018
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 13
1948 - 1995
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 14
1939 - 2020
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 15
1890 - 1973
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 16
Among people born in 1895, Cristóbal Balenciaga ranks 43. Before him are Igor Tamm, Ludvík Svoboda, Machine Gun Kelly, László Moholy-Nagy, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, and Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia. After him are Jürgen Stroop, Vasily Blokhin, Albert Göring, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Buckminster Fuller, and Dorothea Lange. Among people deceased in 1972, Cristóbal Balenciaga ranks 21. Before him are Erhard Milch, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Dino Buzzati, Andrei Tupolev, and Maurice Chevalier. After him are Talal of Jordan, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Paul-Henri Spaak, Max Theiler, Heinrich Lübke, and Asta Nielsen.
1895 - 1971
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 37
1895 - 1979
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 38
1895 - 1954
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 39
1895 - 1946
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 40
1895 - 1952
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 41
1895 - 1970
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 42
1895 - 1972
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 43
1895 - 1952
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 44
1895 - 1955
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 45
1895 - 1966
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 46
1895 - 1973
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 47
1895 - 1983
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 48
1895 - 1965
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 49
1892 - 1972
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 15
1899 - 1972
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 16
1908 - 1972
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 17
1906 - 1972
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 18
1888 - 1972
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 19
1888 - 1972
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 20
1895 - 1972
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 21
1909 - 1972
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 22
1886 - 1972
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 23
1899 - 1972
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 24
1899 - 1972
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 25
1894 - 1972
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 26
1881 - 1972
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 27
Among people born in Spain, Cristóbal Balenciaga ranks 189 out of 2,932. Before him are Tirso de Molina (1579), Pedro de Alvarado (1485), Adolfo Suárez (1932), Luis Carrero Blanco (1904), Camilo José Cela (1916), and Al-Hakam II (915). After him are Andrés Segovia (1893), Buenaventura Durruti (1896), Penélope Cruz (1974), Blanche I of Navarre (1387), Alfonso III of Asturias (848), and Louis Blanc (1811).
1579 - 1648
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 183
1485 - 1541
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 184
1932 - 2014
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 185
1904 - 1973
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 186
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 187
915 - 976
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 188
1895 - 1972
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 189
1893 - 1987
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 190
1896 - 1936
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 191
1974 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 192
1387 - 1441
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 193
848 - 910
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 194
1811 - 1882
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 195
Among fashion designers born in Spain, Cristóbal Balenciaga ranks 1.